Canadian sisters Jusine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe took the gold and silver in the freestyle moguls competition, edging out US favorite Hannah Kearney. But over on the slopestyle course, it was Canadian Mark McMorris who was disappointed to take home a bronze.

The Netherlands finished the day tied with Canada in the medal count. The Dutch got three medals by sweeping s the 5,000-meter speedskating competition.

Sven Kramer set an Olympic record in bring home the gold. Kramer has been bedeviled at the Olympics, notably in Vancouver when his coach pointed him to the wrong lane in the 10,000. But on this day he surged around the oval, winning in 6 minutes, 10.76 seconds and leading a Dutch sweep in which he was followed by Jan Blokhuijsen and Jorrit Bergsma.

The United States took two medals, a gold in the slopestyle snowboarding (a new Olympic event) and a bronze in women's freestyle moguls.

Sage Kotsenburg, who grew up in Park City, Utah, was the surprise medalist, upsetting the Canadian favorites of Max Parrot and Mark McMorris, who was nursing a broken rib.

American Hannah Kearney took home a bronze, but came up short in her bid to become the first woman to get back-to-back gold in 22-year history of Olympic moguls.